Halter



(No Model.)

D. M. STUART.

HALTER.

No. 383,836. Patented May 29, 1888.

35 the end of the loop, as at 5.

PATENT DAVID M. STUART, OF TRAER, IOVA.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,836, dated May 29,1888.

Application filed January 10. 1B88. Serial No. 260,298. (No model.)

5 ofIowa,have invented anew and useful Halter,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in halters of that classcomposed partially of rope and partially of leatherstraps.

Io The object of my invention is to provide a halter which is of thesimplest construction, and which combines with its simplicity durabilityand convenience.

My invention consists in the novel construc- 15 tion and combination ofthe parts, and.V the novelty thereof I have hereinafter specificallypointed out in the claim, as required by law.

I have fullyillustrated my improved halter in the accompanying drawings,whereinzo Figure l is a View of the halter applied to a horses head.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the halter. Fig. 3 is a view oftheclampingplate used as a means for securing the leather straps to therope strands used as part of the 2 5 halter.

Reference being had to the drawings, A des ignates the headstrap, whichis composed of two parts, 1 2, united to the rope section or part bymeans of the clampingplate 3.

3o B designates the rope part, which consists of a single strand of ropeof sufficient strength to answer the purpose intended. This rope isformed into a loop or doubled, as at 4, with the hitching-ring arrangedover the rope and in The strands are then passed through the ends ofthehead-strap, and thence through the ends of the nose-strap C, and carriedin opposite direction through the hitching-ring G, and the ends broughtback 4o and passed through the ends of the nose'strap,

where they are securely clamped, as hereinafter specified.

On that part of the halter-ropes comprising the throat-strap may bearranged a small 45 keeper or ring, 7, by which the spread of the ropesat that point may be regulated.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the clampingplate, which is used as a means forsecuring the ends of the head and nose straps to the rope part of thehalter. a plate or cross-piece, 3, from which are projected two arms, 9.In the middle of the plate is a perforation, 10, through which the rivetis projected, which holds the plate to the strap and the lap of thestrap together. This clampingplate is applied as follows: Afteradjusting the end oi' the strap around the rope a rivet, ll, is xedthrough the plate and strap, and these parts thus secured together. Thenthe arms or extensions ofthe plate are tightly coiled around the rope ateach side ofthe straps, substantially as shown.

It will be observed that the space between the arms ofthe clamping-plateis Wide enough to admit the strap between them, so that when the armsare clamped about the ropes they rest against the edges of the strap andentirely on the rope, thus preventing the strap from slipping out ofposition.

The head-strap may consist ot" two parts adjustably connected by meansof a buckle, as shown.

What I claim is The combination, with the headstrap A and the nose-strapG, ofthe rope B, formed into a loop, 4, and provided with abitching-rope, G, the strands of said rope being carried th roughsleeves in the ends of the head and nose straps, and then passed,respectively, through the htchingring, with the ends in the sleeve ofthe nose-strap, and clamping-plates 3, secured in the ends of the headand nose straps and formed with arms 9, to embrace the rope on each sideof the straps, substantially as described.

In witncss whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witn nesses.

DAVID M. STUART.

Attest:

S. M. ENDIooTT, E. H. FARNUM.

This clamping-plate consists of 5o

